Apple Cake

 It's that time of the year...apples are plentiful and apple desserts are the best! This moist apple cake recipe is written on the back of a stained and worn recipe card...an adaptation of my favorite carrot cake and one that I have been baking for many years. While I'm at it, I usually prepare a double recipe and put one cake in the freezer without frosting. It's handy to pull out at a moment's notice and serve for dessert with ice-cream and caramel sauce. We are in the middle of corn harvest on the farm and the guys like a treat out in the fields every once in awhile. I baked them an apple cake yesterday which they ate on disposal plates, with a plastic fork (and without the flower) but enjoyed nonetheless!

Apple Cake

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 3 cups coarsely grated apple
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

1. Combine eggs, sugar and oil in mixer.
2. Add apples.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix .
4. Pour into greased 9x13 inch pan and bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes.
5. Frost with cream cheese icing when cool.

Cream Cheese Icing

• 4 oz. cream cheese (1/2 brick)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups icing sugar...or until desired thickness

1. Cream butter and cream cheese together until fluffy.
2. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.